What is Barometer?

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

Observation of the sky from the observer's location where there are no clouds, and there is no obstruction to visibility....

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...